Three Canadian provinces announce highway progress

A proposed highway to connect the Niagara region with the Ontario provincial capital of Toronto is on a fast track, according to Ontario
Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield.

Cansfield met with local politicians from both areas this week to say
the highway proposal is still a decade or more from reality, but that the government
was moving ahead with environmental studies, according to the St. Catherines Standard.

The corridor would include Toronto, Hamilton and other trucking
centers, and serve the border region at Buffalo, NY.

The unnamed highway was one of three Canadian road proposals announced
this week.

In the province of Alberta, the federal government will spend $150
million toward a $320 million twinning of Highway 63.